Tao Yucheng's tone was full of excitement. Listening to his words, several other people present couldn't help but feel shocked.

After being reminded like this, everyone realized that "King of Children" was already the second film that Lin Chaoyang and his wife participated in to win an international award. You must know that before this, a Chinese film had never won an international award.

Such an influential award!

Now we have two at once, and the driving forces behind the scenes are Lin Chaoyang and his wife and their company Lin's Pictures. What an amazing achievement! Several people present looked at Lin Chaoyang and couldn't help but show admiration in their eyes.

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Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "The success of the movie is not the fault of one person, everyone has contributed." But Chen Huaikai said at this time: "But you should take the first credit!"

Lin Chaoyang still wanted to be modest, but Chen Huaikai continued: "I didn't participate in "The Truman Show" and I don't know about it. Without your control, the script of "The Kid" would never be as good as it is now."

At this moment, everyone was very excited because of the award for "Kid King", and soon the conversation was in full swing. In the evening, Lin Chaoyang bought a table of wine and food, and everyone chatted while drinking.

Zhang Yimou was full of envy for Chen Kaige's award. Chen Huaikai encouraged him and said: "Yimou will become a director soon. You have talent in movies. It is only a matter of time before you win the award."

After listening to his words, Zhang Yimou quickly said humbly that it was his first time making a movie and he didn't dare to think about winning an award. He only hoped to make a good film. "If the film is good, the awards will naturally come, right?"

." Chen Huaikai joked.

Zhang Yimou echoed and laughed twice.

Seeing Zhang Yimou's lack of confidence, Lin Chaoyang was about to speak, but was called out by a phone call from the alley. When he came back, everyone was curious about what news there was, but Lin Chaoyang did not speak and opened the door to himself.

TV. "Chaoyang, what's wrong?" Tao Yucheng asked.

Lin Chaoyang showed a mysterious smile on his face, "You will know later." It was just past seven o'clock, and Lin Chaoyang broadcast the TV to CCTV. Luo Jing, who was wearing a gray suit and a green face, was facing

Tell the news through the camera.

Lin Chaoyang thought to himself, after all Ronaldinho is not fully evolved, how can he report news and still read manuscripts?

While he was watching TV, everyone was also looking at him. Seeing that his eyes were always on the TV, everyone had a premonition in their hearts. So, everyone just watched the TV quietly, and no one said anything.

When we went back to the wine and food, even the voices of chatting were lowered.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and we entered the last ten minutes of "Xinwen Lianbo", which usually reported international news.

Zhang Yimou was talking softly to Tao Yucheng. Tao Yucheng knew that he was casting for "Red Sorghum" recently and told him to go to the Central Theater Company.

In fact, even if Tao Yucheng hadn't said it, Zhang Yimou would not have missed the professional school of Chinese Opera, not to mention that there is a connection like Tao Yucheng in it. "I will go there tomorrow."

"Okay, I will arrange someone for you when the time comes." Tao Yucheng said cheerfully. At this time, Luo Jing on the TV was still broadcasting the news unhurriedly:

"According to our news, at the just-concluded 37th West Berlin Film Festival, the film "The Kid" directed by Chen Kaige won the jury award at the film festival. This is the first time that a Chinese film has won the grand prize at a well-known European film festival.

"

Luo Jing's oral broadcast was very brief, lasting only ten seconds, but it was a great honor for everyone involved in "Kid King". The winner of "Kid King" was even featured on "News Network"!

Chen Huaikai and others finally understood why Lin Chaoyang turned on the TV. They recalled the news broadcast of just ten seconds, and their hearts were filled with great joy and they cheered.

While everyone was celebrating joyfully, Lin Chaoyang's expression was very calm.

Later "Red Sorghum" won the golden bear in West Berlin in 1988. Zhang Yimou immediately appeared on CCTV after returning to China, and occupied nearly a minute. In contrast, "The King of Children" won a silver bear and appeared in more than ten

Seconds are also normal.

Lin Chaoyang patted Zhang Yimou on the shoulder.

"Yimou, this year it's Kege, next year it'll be you. West Berlin is our blessed place!"

Lin Chaoyang's tone and expression when he said this were meaningful, making Zhang Yimou's heart beat violently for no reason. "I will go all out!" Zhang Yimou said firmly.

Then his eyes turned to the screen. The news broadcast about "The King of Children" winning the award was over, but his ambition for the West Berlin Film Festival had just begun in his heart. The next morning, all major domestic heavyweight official media reported on "The King of Children"

King" won the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival.

Yesterday, the news that the film won the award was still spreading in the Yanjing film circle. Today, the news spread across the country through television and print media. Suddenly, the domestic film industry was shocked.

Around 1984, Chen Kaige and his class of 78 Yanying students made their film debuts, such as "One and Eight", "Yellow Earth", "Hunting Ground Zasa", etc.

These works shocked the film industry with their distinctive artistic style and unconventional image style. At the "New China 35th Anniversary Film Seminar" held in September of that year, the participating film critics put forward the concept of "fifth generation directors"

name.

Since "Yellow Earth", Chen Kaige has been regarded as a leader among the fifth generation directors.

Now with the blessing of such a heavyweight award as the Silver Bear Award at the West Berlin Film Festival, it has undoubtedly further consolidated Chen Kaige's status in the domestic film circle. It has made him far ahead of several directors of his generation who were once tied with him in the past few years.

Leaving behind him, he rode away from the dust.

On the third day of the closing of the West Berlin Film Festival, which was also the second day dominated by official media, Chen Kaige returned to China with great honors.

As soon as he got off the plane, he was surrounded by reporters at the Capital Airport who learned about his return to China. He was even more famous than movie stars. In the next few days, wherever Chen Kaige went, there were flowers and applause. A series of

Received interviews from many authoritative media.

As news reports spread, he not only became a popular figure in domestic film festivals, but also became a great director known to countless people. He was so proud of his horseshoe disease that he saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.

This ancient poem is the perfect way to describe Chen Kaige's mood and situation a few days after he won the award. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of the house by Chen Huaikai only a few days after he was happy. On the fourth day after returning to China, he was kicked out of the house.

"I've been back to China for three or four days. Don't you know how to stop by your Uncle Lin's house to express your gratitude?" "Don't think that winning an award is so great. Without everyone's help, how could you have won the award?"

Along the way, Chen Kaige recalled his father's lessons before he left home, and felt very unhappy.

He won the most important award at the West Berlin Film Festival, second only to the Golden Bear. Why can't he be happy? Besides, doesn't his contribution to the film winning the award be the greatest?

Thinking of this, Chen Kaige's inflated mentality suddenly shrank a lot, and the fear of being dominated by his father and Uncle Lin was recalled in his mind. Even if it is not the biggest, it is certainly not small.

He comforted himself and came to Xiaoliubukou Alley. When he saw Lin Chaoyang and his wife, he immediately showed a cute smile. "When will Aunt Lin come back?"

"Last night's flight."

Tao Yushu returned to China a few days later than Chen Kaige, mainly because he had to deal with the overseas copyright transaction for "Kids King". Chen Kaige quickly asked: "How is the copyright sale going?"

Participating in film festivals and winning awards are of course the key, but for most filmmakers, copyright transactions may be more important.

After all, making movies is a costly art.

When "The King of Children" first arrived in West Berlin, not many overseas film producers were optimistic about it.

Tao Yushu contacted several overseas film producers privately, and the buyout prices they offered were pitifully low, with the lowest being only ten or twenty thousand US dollars, and the highest not exceeding fifty thousand US dollars. Although Tao Yushu participated in the film festival for the first time, he was very familiar with the film festival.

The ecology is somewhat understood.

Film producers who were willing to give quotations in the first two days just wanted to take a gamble.

If the movie you buy wins an award, it will most likely create considerable profits. If the movie doesn't win an award, you will spend less money anyway and you won't lose much money.

After contacting several film producers in succession, Tao Yushu decided to pursue a copyright transaction and waited for the end of the film festival. According to feedback from Xiao Yu from China Film Festival, film festival chairman Harden was very optimistic about "The King of Children".

According to the unwritten rules of many film festivals, even if a film supported by a figure like Haddn cannot win the most important award, winning it is certainly not a problem.

Therefore, Tao Yushu thought it would be better to wait until everything settled. Although there was a risk of not getting anything, no matter how bad the outcome was, it would not be much worse than being picked up by those film producers. Facts have proved that Tao Yushu was right!

"The King of Children" won the Jury Prize at the film festival, and his net worth doubled overnight.

There was an endless stream of overseas film producers who came to bid, and the bids to buy out the copyrights were several times higher than at the beginning of the festival. For three consecutive days, Tao Yushu signed 19 copyright transaction contracts, with a total transaction volume of US$5.36 million.

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This number is significantly different from the amount of copyright transactions after "The Truman Show" won the award at the Cannes Film Festival.

On the one hand, the reason is that France has been a powerful film power in Europe in the past two or three decades, and can even compete with Hollywood in the United States. Therefore, the copyright trading market at the Cannes Film Festival is much better than that in West Berlin.

On the other hand, in terms of content of the two movies, "The Truman Show" is obviously more popular with movie audiences in the Western world.

"King of Children" tells the story of China's contemporary social education issues, which is difficult to resonate with audiences in Western countries. Film producers also know this clearly. But in any case, the overseas copyright transaction amount of US$5.36 million is of great significance to Lin's Pictures

It's considered a great harvest.

According to the current exchange rate between RMB and US dollars, the amount of this copyright transaction exceeds 18 million RMB, and the return on investment of "King of Children" has reached an astonishing 1,500%. If making a movie is profitable, it is even more exaggerated than selling drugs!
Chapter completed!